Chico wrote:I'm not too sure about that. Salford had a fair sprinkling of so called 'X-Factor' players during the 2000–02 period. Plus we do have some today: Myler, Ratchford, Wilshere, Talau to name a few. Even Henry has had his moments.
Sorry i think ive grab the wrong end of the stick here, what we need are:
Players that will treat their own line with the same respect they treat their opponents and will try everything to get over it and not be stuck in goal too easy
When a bomb goes up or a grubber kick is sent though and there is a chase on to have only eyes for the ball, catch it and take who or what ever comes with it
If they drop the ball dont get depressed about it and switch off, that next set should be defended like our lives depended on it until a error is forced or we get better field position how ever long it takes.
If a tackle is going to be missed (you going to miss tackles somtimes your human) slow the runner down with grab at a arm or leg give the attacker somthing to think about all the time rather than lay there and watch him run off
Make the right decitions in attack when a chance comes, ive lost count the amout of times we pass it to the wrong person in attack when it should go to one of our pivots or strike players it gets lumped to another player who just trots in and takes the tackle.
I agree with you its totally mental with our players, when they are switched on they are good enough to be beat anybody and are able to do all of the above thats the most frustrating thing about it, unfortunatly our problem is being switched for a full 80 mins and playing at that intensitiy week in week out.
Do the small things right, give them the platform and our xfactor players will be able to work their magic and we'll start talking about entertaining